Hayrake



N. H. GODLEY Dec. 18, 1951 I HAY RAKE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 6,1949 (annual N. H. GODLEY Dec. 18,1951

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A TTOENEY Patented Dec. 18, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,579,041riAYRAKE Noah Qodley, Charlotte, N. 0. Application August 6,1949,SerialNo. 108,912

4 Cla ims. (01. 565-391).

This invention relatesv to improvements in a hay rake having a wheeledfraffiie provided 'with'a rotatable tine framewith rarwardly anddownwardly and forwardly. curved tines thereon, the hay rake embodyingmanually controlled means driven by the ground wheels of the rake'forrotating the tine frame a complete revolution, and whereby the tines aredrawn clear of the hay collected thereon, at each dumping operation.

This inventionisa continuation in part of my copeiiding applicationentitled Hayrake, Serial Number"46,397,'fi1ed August27', 1955, nowPatent No;'2,521;909,; granted september' 12:, 1950.."

The hay rake shown an described in'said pending application n eiu des awheeled frame adapted to be pu'lledby any suitable means stud es atractor. and having atrans verse rotatable' bar thereon w i hsupports aplurality of spaced tines. Thev tines are adapted to rest in, a loweredposition during a raking operation and manually controlled means areprovided for revolving the tines for a dumping operation. The means inthis'fapplication for restricting'movemerit of the tines toapproximately one-half revolution to where the tines will remain in araised position for transporting the rake fr m one location to anotherare diiferent from the means for performing the same function in saidcoy-p nding application.

It is an object of the present invention to pro vide a spring loadedlockin member adjacent opposed ends of the transverse bar, heretoforedescribed, which is adapted to engage a manually operable member Whichis a part of the said manually controlled means heretofore described forholding the transverse bar with its associated tines in a, fixed loweredposition to thus prevent the tines from bouncing along the ground as therake is pulled along during a ra l;- ing operation. This locking meanslends rigidity to the tine supporting bar while thetines are in alowered position. It is another object of this invention to providemanually Controlled means adapted to be moved into the path of travel ofthe said locking memhers, p osed ends o he r tat bl t a svers bar andwhich means, when projectedinto the path of travelof the looking member,will cause the locking member to engage the same to'thus d h rens 'e b Wh 8 8 16 17 1 nes in a raised position for transporting'the rake fromlace o an th Some oftheobjects of the invention having been stated,other objects will appear as the dej scription proceeds, when takeninconnection'with the accompanying drawings n vfin cn;

Figure l is a top. plan view of the rake and showing a 'portion ofenacts-r to which therake is adapted tobe conne*ed'j" f Figure 2 is anenlarged elevation with a part of the draw bar of "th"hayrake brokenaway and with other parts in section and is talie'n along the line 2-2in Figure 1;

Figure 3'is an enlarged top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1adjacent the uppermost ground wheel; a

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation with the transverserotatable bar in. cross-section and is taken along. the, line 4-4 inFigurel; Figure 5 an enlarged elevation showing a part of the clutchmechanism and with p'artsi'n section and is taken'substantia1ly"alongthe line 5-7-55 in Figured; I v

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along'the line6 -6 in Figure 4,'b'ut showing the parts on a'r'educed scale;

Figure 7 is a, fragmentary elevation with parts in section showing theupp r central portion of Figure 2, but with the tines in a raisedposition; Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view taken sub? stantiallyalong the line 8-8 in Figure 4;

Figure 9 is an elevation with parts in section and is takensubstantially along the line 9-9, in Figure 4;

Figure 10 is an elevation, with parts in section and is taken along theline lll- -lfl in Figure 1; Figure 11 is an elevation taken along theline |Ill in Figure 1;

Figure 12 is an elevation with parts; in section and is taken along theline l2--l2 in Figure 1.

Referring more specifically to' the drawings, there is shown in Figure 1the rear portion of a conventional tractor having ground wheels H) and Hmounted on opposed ends of a rear axle I2 to which a U-shaped draw bar[3 is secured in a conventional manner. The tractor also has a seat I 4thereon. Pivotally connected, as at l5 to the U-shaped draw bar [3, isthe front end of a rearwardly extending draw bar l6 which ispivotally'connected at its rearmost end, 'as at IT, to a forwardly andrearwardly extending intermediate frame member 20 of a substantiallyrectangular frame of' the hay rake, broadly designated at 2|.

Forwardly of its pivot point 11, the bar [6 is adjustably securedfas bya bolt 22, to a Yertically disposed plate 23. The 'plate 23 has aplurality of holes 24 therein which are adapted to be penetrated by thebolt 22 for adjustably securing the bar l6, as to angularity to the plati The upper end of the plate Z3 is secured by any suitable means, suchas spot welding, near the front end of the intermediate frame member 26.The front ends of rearwardly diverging angle bars and 26 are welded tothe front end of the frame member 26. The remote ends of the angle bars25 and 26 are welded to rearwardly extending side bars 39 and 3|,respectively, which; are preferably rectangular and tubular incross-section. l

Two alined angle bars 33 and t4 span the distance between the side bars39 and 3| andthe proximate ends of the angle bars 33 and 34 are weldedto the opposite sides of the intermediate frame member 28 at its rearend in Figure 1. The remote ends of the angle bars 33 and 34 are weldedat the juncture of the angle bars 25 and 26 with the tubular sidebarsand 3|. extending rods are mounted between the 10ngitudinallyextending tubular bars 39 and 3| and the front ends of the rods 59 arewelded to blocks 4| which are penetrated by screws 42 for securing thefront ends of the rods 49 to the angle bars 25and 26.

The rods 49 extend rearwardly from the angle bars 25 and 26 and restintermediate their ends on the'angle bars 33 and 34 and then extendrearwardly and are clampingly secured as at 43 to an interconnectingtransverse rod 46. Op-

posed ends of. the transverse rod 39 are clamp- I ingly secured as at 41and 4-8 to the rear ends of bars or rods 5| and 52, respectively. Thesebars 5| and 52 extend forwardly and upwardly V at a slight angle andthen curve outwardly at the front ends thereof as they penetrate plates53 and 54 welded to the rearmost ends of the tubular side bars 39 and3|, respectively. The foremost ends of the rods 5| and 52 are thensecured as by welding to plates 55 (Figures 2 and 4) which arepenetrated by screws 56 for securing the front ends of the rods 52 tothe tubular side bars 39 and 3|. The intermediate longitudinallyextendin rods 49 and the endmost rods 5| and '52, all of which areinterconnected by the transverse rod 46 are provided to serve as meansfor separating the hay from the tines, to be later described, as thetines pass by the same in a dumping operation.

Welded to the lower surfaces of the tubular side bars 9i; and 3|,intermediate the ends there of, are downwardly extending channel bars 69and iill','respectively, and since the bars 69 and parts associatedtherewith are identical to the bar 69 and parts associated therewith,except being opposite hand, like reference characters shall apply to theparts associated with the bar 99 as those associated with the bar 69with the prime notation added.

The bar 69 has a stub axle 6| fixedly mounted therein. The stub axle 6|has a ground wheel 62 rotatably mounted thereon which has a hub portion63 integral therewith and disposed on the inner side thereof in Figure6. The ground wheels have pneumatic casings 62a mounted thereon. Asprocket wheel 64 is welded to the inner surface of the hub portion 53of the ground wheel 92 adjacent the bar 66.

The sprocket wheel 64 has a sprocket chain 95 mounted thereon whichextends upwardly and rearwardly and is mounted on a sprocket wheel 56(Figures 3, 8, and 9). The sprocket wheel 66 is secured, as by welding,to a tubular hub portion 61 (Figure 8) of a disk '19 having an annularportion or ring H on the inner face thereof. By referring to Figure 5 itwill be is a stub shaft rotatably mounted in thetubular hub portion 61of the disk H3 and, obviously, a stub shaft 15 would be rotatablymountedwithin the tubular portion 81 of the disk 16. This shaft i5 issecured as by bolts 19 to a transverse tine frame angle bar 11. It

A plurality of spaced longitudinally will be noted in Figure 4 that theshaft i5 is held in spaced relation to the angle bar ll by suitablesleeves 89 which are penetrated by the bolts 59. The opposite ends ofthe angle bar 11 terminate adjacent the proximate sides of the annularring portions 'H, H of the disks it, 10 and have dog carrying disks 82and 82 welded to the ends thereof (Figures 1, 4, 8 and 9). Suitabletines "58 having a coil 18a therein are secured to the'angle bar T! bymeans of bolts 79.

The disks 82 and 82 are penetrated by the shaft 15 and, in Figure 4, thedisk 82 has a for wardly projecting portion 84. extending from theperiphery thereof, and which may be welded thereto, if desired, and thisforw ardly project ing portion 34 has a stop in the form of a roller 85rotatably mounted thereon as at 86. Mountedin the disk 82 in Figures 4and 5 is an oscillatable shaft 99 which extends outwardly and its outerend is disposed in the same vertical plane as the teeth 12 on the innerperiphery of the annular portion H. The oscillatable shaft 99 has a dog9| welded thereto (Figure 5), the free end of which is adapted to engagethe teeth 12 on the interior of the annular ring portion H, as desired,for transmitting rotation to the tines 18 along with the transverseangle bar 11 in a dumping operation to be later described. The portion1| and its teeth 12 and dog carrying disk 82 and its dog 9| with theshaft may be broadly referred to as a clutch or clutch means.

The opposite end of the dog 9| has a suitable spring anchor 92 extendingtherefrom to which one end of a tension spring 93 is connected, theother end of the tension spring 93 being connected to a spring anchor 95projecting from the proximate face of the disk 10. The shaft 90 projectsinwardly through the disk 82 and its inner end has a finger 96 weldedthereto, which projects forwardly when the tines 18 are in a loweredposition; that is, when the parts are in the position shown in Figures 2and 4.

It will be noted that when the parts are in the position shown inFigures 2 and 4, the fingers 96 and 96" and the stop rollers 85 on theprojecting portions 84 and 94' are adapted to engage horizontallydisposed stop plates 91 and The stop plate 91 is urged rearwardly by atension spring 98 conected thereto, the other end of which spring isconnected to the bearing member 14.

The horizontally disposed stop plates 91 and 91' are pivotally secured,as by bolts I00 and'. I09, to the upper surfaces of the side framemembers 39 and 3|. As previously stated, the parts on both sides of themachine are the same except being opposite hand with the parts at the 1bearing the prime notation..

Now, by referring to Figures 4,7, 8 and 9, it will beobserved that: the.plate. 91 has, he; upper edge of a. vertically disposed, bracing plateI02 welded thereto, the lower edge of; which is welded to the inner endof a horizontally disposed plate member I03. which is parallel to theplate member 91 and extends inwardly, and which is also looselypenetrated by the bolt. I011. The parallel plate member I03 is slidablypenetrated intermediate its ends by a bolt Hi4 having a spacer sleeveI05 thereon the lower edge of which is engaged by a horizontallydisposed plate member I06. The horizontally disposed plate member I116;has the front end of a bar Ill? welded thereto which extends rearwardlyand has a longitudinally extending slot III! therein (Figure 4)., Theparts 102 to 11,0, inclusive, are parts of the present invention whichalso comprises a pivoted, bar I II which has, a pin II2 pro-- jectingoutwardly therefrom in Figure 9 and which has longitudinal slidingmovement in the slot HI) of the bar I5?! to assist, in guiding thepivoted bar I I I. The bar III is oscillatably mounted intermediate itsends, as at II3, on the inner surface of the longitudinally extendingside frame member 3!. The bar III is oscillatably secured to the innersurface of the liongitudinally extending tubular frame member in amanner identical to that in which the pivoted bar II I. is oscillatablysecured to the inner surface of the longitudinally extending tubularframe member 3!.

The upper end of the bar III in Figure 4 is welded intermediate the endsof a transverse bar H5 having suitable holes IIS and Ill therein(Figures 3 and 4) to which the front and rear ends. of a tension springI20. and a cable I2I. respectively, are secured. The tension spring I22extends. rearwardly and downwardly at an angle (Figure 3) and its rearend is connected to a suitable spring anchor I22 projecting from theupper surface of the longitudinally extending side frame member illtothus normally urge the upper end of the bar III rearwardly in Figure4.

The plate members 9'! and 97 have connected to. their free ends the rearends of suitable cables 24 and I24, respectively, and, it will beobserved in Figure 1, that the cables I21 and, I2I xtend forwardly andpass partially around pule leys I25 and I25, respectively, cables I24and I24 also extend forwardly and pass partially around pulleys I28 andI 28. The pulleys I25 and I28 are rotatably mounted as at I21, andpulleys I25 and I28 are rotatably mounted as at I21. The cables I2! andHI then extend inwardly towards each other and partially pass aroundpulleys I29 and I29 mounted on a bolt I33 mounted in a bracket I33a. Thecables I24 and I 24, after passing pulleys I28 and I28, then extendinwardly toward each other and pass partially around suitable pulleysI35! and I30 rotatably mounted on a bolt I38 mounted in a bracket I 33(Figure 12). The cables I2I and I 2I then extend forwardly and aresuitably connected, as at I3I (Figure 2), to a common eye member I32pivotally connected intermediate the ends of a transport lever I 34, asat I35.

The cables I24 and I24, after passing pulleys I32 and I30 (Figure 1),extend forwardly and upwardly at an angle in Figure 2 and are connectedto a dumping lever I44. This lever I44 has a plurality of verticallyspaced bores I45 therein, any one of which may be employed for receivingthe clip I 42. I

The lever I34 is oscillatably mounted, as at 138,011 anan le c i 2 secud. s weldin to the up er surfa of th n erme ia ra member 20 (Figure 2).intermediate frame member has. a stop, pin I40 projecting therefromagainst which the lower; end of the lever I34 is adapted to bear underthe backward pull of the tension springs I20 and I20" associated withthe stop plate members H5, and II5', respectively.

The dumping lever I44 is oscillatably mounted intermediate its ends, asat I46, on the longitudinally extending frame member 20 of the rakeframe 2I. This lever I44 extends downwardly (Figure 2 and has a bumperI4! integral therewith, which isv adapted tonormally be held against therear surface of the vertically disposed plate member 23. previouslydescribed by the tension in springs 98, andsfl. The upper end of thedump ing lever I44v (Figure 2), as well as the upper end of thetransport lever I34, have control cables I53 and I5], respectively,suitably connected thereto, as at I52 and I53. These control cables I50and I51 extend forwardly from the hay rake frame 2| and may be connectedto the rear portion of the tractor at any point where they will bewithin easy. reach of the operator thereof and, in this instance, theyare shown tied to the rear portion of the seat I4, as at I48 and I49,respectively.

The transport lever I34 is normally held in the position shown in Fi ure2 by means of the springs I23 and I23" (Figure 3.). Due to the curvatureof lever I34, when it is pulled fully forward, while the, hand of theoperator lowers the front end of the cable I 5 I, to where its free endis in a straight line extending from point {49 to pivot point I35; thiswill cause point I35 to be disposed below a horizontal plane passingthrough pivot point I36 of the lever I34, to thus releasably lock leverI34 in fully forward position. The full forward po-- sition of lever I34is maintained before and while the tines are in the position shown inFigure 7.

Improved locking device In the drawings there is shown an improvedlocking device associated with, each of the disks 82 and 82, thislocking device being identical at both sides of the hay rake and onlythe looking device at the upper side thereof in Figure 1 will bedescribed, the device at the other side thereof where shown, bearing thesame reference characters with the prime notation added. In Figures 2,3, 4, '7 and 9, the locking device is more clearly shown and comprisesan irregularly shaped locking dog 15.5 oscillatably mounted intermediateits ends, as at I56, on the forwardly projecting portion 84 of the dogcarrying disk 82. The disk 82 has an inwardly projecting stop pin I51welded thereto at its juncture with the portion 84 and against which theupper portion of the dog I55 of the locking device is urged by a tensionspring Hill, opposed ends of which are connected to the upper end of thedog I55 and to a spring anchor IGI projecting from the disk 82.

The dog I55 of the locking device extends downwardly from its pivotpoint I56, in Figure 4, and curves rearwardly and then extendsdownwardly and has a lug I63 integral therewith defining a notch intowhich the stop plate 91 is normally urged by the tension spring 98 forlocking the transversely disposed angle bar to hold the tines in alowered or operative position such as that shown in Figure 2 The lowerend of the dog I 55 in Figure 4 is provided. with an angularly cut camsurface I64 which, upon rotation of the disk 82 will engage the stopplate 91 thus urging the lower end of the dog I55 rearwardly until thestop plate 91 engages the notch defined by the lug I63. It will be notedthat this lug I63 is spaced in a horizontal plane a sub stantialdistance below the lower surface of the roller 85 so the roller 85 willengage the upper surface of the stop plate 91 as the lug I63 engages thelower surface thereof.

Method of operation Assuming that the tractor and the rake in Figure 1are moving from right to left and that the movable parts are in theoperating position -shown in Figures 2 and 4, and also that the tines I8have picked up a sufficient amount of hay to warrant a dumpingoperation, the cable I50 is grasped by the operator of the tractor andis momentarily pulled forwardly or from right to left in Figures 1 and 2and then released. This will move the dumping lever I44 in acounterclockwise direction in Figure 2, whereby the cables I24 and I24connected thereto will move the horizontally disposed stop plates 51 and91 forwardly in Figure 1. 7

Now, as the plates 91 and 91' move forwardly (Figures 1, 3 and 4), thiswill permit the free end of the finger 95 to move downwardly due to thetension spring 93 in Figure 5 and will, consequently, partially rotatethe oscillatable shaft 95 having the dog 9| on the end thereof withinthe annular ring portion II of the disk "III. As the stubshaft 9i)partially rotates in a counterclockwise direction in Figure 5, the dogBI is moved from the solid line to the dotted line position shown inFigure 5. Now, inasmuch as the ground wheel 62 is rotating, rotationwill be imparted through the sprocket wheels 64 and 66 and the sprocketchain 65 to the disk 'III at all times while the rake is in motion, thuscausing the annular ring portion II to rotate in a counterclockwisedirection in Figure 5.

As the free end of the dog 9| engages one of the teeth I2 in the annularring portion I I, rotation of the annular ring II will cause the shaft90 to turn about the axis of the shaft I5 which will, in turn, cause thedisk, 82 to rotate with the disk I whenever the dog 9| is in engagementwith one of the teeth I2 of the disk I0 in Figure 5. V The transverseangle bar 11, on which the tines I8 are mounted, will thus be caused torotate in a counterclockwise direction in Figures 2 and 4 along with thetines I8. This will, of course, withdraw the tines from the hay that hasbeen collected by the same and the longitudinally extending intermediaterods 40, as well as the end bars and 52, will assist in wiping the hayfrom the tines I8 as they pass thereby.

Due to the pressure of any one of the teeth i2 against the free end ofthe dog 9|, in Figure 5, during rotation of the transverse angle bar I1and associated parts, the dog 9| will remain in engagement with aparticular tooth I2 until a revolution of the same has been completed,at which time the free end of the fingers 96 and 96' will again engagethe top surfaces of the stop plates 91 and 91. It is to be understoodthat the cable I50 will have been released by the operator immediately.upon rotation of the transverse angle bar 11 having started. It ismanifest that upon the cable I50 being released, the tension spring 98,associated with the plate 91, will cause the same to move rearwardly atits free end to thus enter the path of travel of the free end of thefinger 96.

Immediately before the finger 96 engages the stop plate 91 in Figure 4,the cam surface I64 of the locking dog I55 will engage the plate 91 and,with continued movement of the disk 82 in a counterclockwise directionin Figure 4, the finger or dog 96 along with its oscillatable shaft 90'will partially rotate in a clockwise direction and thereby move thefinger or dog 9| (Figure 5) out of engagement with the teeth I2 of thedisklfl. As this dog 9| is moved out of engagement with the teeth I2,the lug I53 of the locking dog I55 in Figure 4 is moved into engagementwith the lower surface of the stop plate 9'! at the same time that theroller moves into engagement with the upper surface of the plate 51,thus restricting further rotation of the disk 82 as well as thetransverse angle bar TI and its tines I8 to again permit the tines I8 tocollect another portion of hay.

Now, when it is desired to arrest rotation of the transverse angle barI! with its associated tines I8 in an elevated position, such as thatshown in Figure '7, for transporting the rake from one location toanother, both of the cables I50 and I5I may be pulled forwardly by theoperator, and it has already been stated how the dog 9| will be movedinto engagement with the teeth I2 of the disk II to initiate rotation ofthe angle bar 11 and its tines I8.

Now, since the cable I5I has also been pulled forwardly by the operator,the cables |2I and I2! will likewise move forwardly thus transmittingpartial rotation to the pivoted bars III and III.

This will cause the bar I II (Figure 4) to move forwardly at its upperend to substantially the position shown in Figure 7 as a result of whichthe plate I I5 at the upper end of the pivoted bar III will be disposedin the path of travel of the free end of the finger 96 as well as thecam surface I64 on the locking dog I55.' It will be noted in Figure 2that forward movement of the upper end of lever I44 is restricted by theupper rear corner of plate 23 being engaged by a medial portion of thelever I44. This allows the lever I44 to move far enough however, torestrict movement of the bar HI due to the rear wall of the slot I I0engaging pin I I2, as the bar IE1 is moved forwardly, so the bar IIIwill not be engaged by the forward end of the locking dog I55 (Figures 4and 9) in such a manner as to damage the parts in attempting to preventfurther rotation of the tine supporting angle bar 11.

The finger 96 will, of course, engage the lower surface of the plate II5, as the disk 82 and angle bar TI rotate in a counterclockwisedirection from the position shown in Figures 2 and 4 to a point justshort of the position shown in Figure 7, which will cause the stub shaft96 to again partially rotate in a clockwise direction and will move itsassociated dog 9| out of engagement with a particular tooth I2 in theannular ring portion II 'of the disk It. In other words, the plate H5,at the upper end of the angle bar III will affect the finger 96 and thelocking dog I55 in a manner identical to that of the plate 91.

As shown in Figure 7, after the dog 9| has been released from engagementwith the teeth 72 in the disk III the lug portion I63 of the locking dogI55 will bear against the upper surface of the plate H5 and the roller85 on the projection 84 of the disk 82 will be moved to a positionimmediately below the lower surface of the plate I I5 at the upper endof the lever arm III. It is thus seen that the lug I63, on the lockingdog I55, and the roller 85 will prevent further movement ofthetransverse bar 11, onwhich thetines 18 are mounted,'in eitherdirection.To look the bar in forward position, the cable [5! willb'e depressed asit is pulled forwardly to cause point I35 to be in a-plane lower thanpivot point I36.

Now,when theoperatordesir'es to again lower the tines if; fromthetransport positionsh'own in Figure 7 to the operating position shownin Figure-2, he releases 'the lever I34 by an upward pull on cable 55 toallow it to return to the position shown in Figure 2, and since the bar11 and tines 18 are balanced in the inoperative position shown in Figure'7, the tensionispring I20 will transmit partial clockwise movement tothe bar H I, in Figure 4, to cause the pin H2 to engage the front wallof the slot H in the bar Hi1 or to'move closely adjacent thesanie.

It is manifestthat-this will'release the lug 163 of the dog I55 fromengagement with 'the:p1ate ll'in the upper end of the bar 1 H inFigure 4and the tines 73 will thus move forwardly at their upper ends in Figure7, by virtue of the dog 9| again engaging one of the teeth 13 in theannular ring portion H of disk H3, and will then move to the positionshown in Figure 2 where the dog 9| will again move out of engagementwith the teeth 13 in the manner earlier described.

When the tines have moved forwardly of the position shown in Figure 7,they may fall to operating position at a much faster rate than the speedof disk 16 because the dog 9| will override the teeth 72 (Figure 5).This overriding of dog 9! will permit the rake to be moved backwardswithout turning the angle bar 71 with its tines 18.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in theclaims.

I claim:

1. An improvement in a hay rake having a rectangular frame provided witha pair of ground wheels disposed adjacent the side portions thereof, andhaving a rotatable shaft on each side of the frame and each shaft havinga sleeve rotatably secured thereon and provided with a disk having aninternal gear and a bearing on each side of the frame for the sleevesand having a tine frame secured on the proximate ends of said shafts,said tine frame having a pair of disks fixedly secured on the endsthereof and being disposed adjacent the disks having the internal gearstherein, each of said disks on the tine frame being provided with anoscillatable shaft having a dog on one end thereof and disposed in thesame vertical plane as the internal gear and tension means urging thefree end of the dog into engagement with the internal gear, and a fingerdisposed on the other side of the last-named disks, the improvementcomprising a pair of oscillatable stop plates normally held in the pathof the finger on the exterior of the lastnamed disk, manually operablemeans for moving the oscillatable members out of the path of the fingerportion, each of said last-named disks having mounted thereon a lockingdog provided with a cam surface adapted to ride by the oscillatablemeans and having a hook portion for engaging the lower edge of theoscillatable means and said disk having a roller thereon for engagingthe top surface of the oscillatable means, and a second oscillatablemember disposed rearwardly of the disks, and manually operable means formoving the second oscillatable member into the path of -the cam surfaceof the locking dog and also into the path of the finger, whereby thetine frame upon makinga-partial revolution will c'ausethecam surface ofthe locking dog to ride by theseeond oscillatable member to where itshookportion willbe disposedadjacent the top surface of "the secondoscillatable member and whereby its roller will be engaged by the'lowersurface of the second oscillatable member tolook the tine frame in such"position so that its tines will beheld ininoperative or raisedposition.

2. *An improvement in a hay rake having a main frame and a ground wheelon each side of the-mainframe and having -a tine framerotatably mountedin the mainframe and with olutchmeans between the=ground wheels and thetine frame for intermittently imparting rotation to thetine frameysaidclutch means comprising a-disk-having an annular portion provided withinternal teeth and a finger or dog for engaging the internal teeth andhaving tension means normally tending to engage the dog with theinternal teeth to lock the tine frame to the ground wheels to causerotation of the time frame, said improvement comprising manuallyoperable means for engaging a portion of the clutch means to move thedog out of engagement with the internal teeth to de-clutch the tineframe from the ground wheels, locking means carried by the time framefor engaging opposite sides simultaneously of the means for declutchingthe tine frame from the driving portion of the clutch for preventingrelative movement of the tine frame in either direction, and meansdisposed into the path of the clutch means for de-clutching the timeframe from the internal teeth of the disk when the tines are in elevatedposition and means for engaging the locking means to prevent rotation ofthe tine frame in either direction.

3. An improvement in a hay rake having a main frame provided with aground wheel on each side thereof and a clutch mechanism disposed ateach side thereof and one half of which is driven by the ground wheelassociated therewith and having a tine frame disposed between the clutchmechanism and a portion of the clutch mechanism being carried by eachend of the tine frame, the improvement comprising movable means adaptednormally to be held in the path of the clutching mechanism to de-clutchthe tine frame from the other portion of the clutch driven by the groundwheels and said portion of the clutch carried by the tine frame having apair of locking means thereon for engaging opposed surfaces of the meansfor de-olutching that portion of the clutch carried by the tine framefrom that portion carried by the ground wheels for look ing the tineframe against movement in either direction, and additional means carriedby the main frame and adapted to be moved into the path of the clutchmechanism carried by the tine frame for de-clutching the tine frame fromthe portion of the clutch driven by the ground wheel at a time when thelocking means will engage both sides of the second-named means forlocking the tine frame in elevated or transport position.

4. An improvement in a hay rake having a main frame and ground wheelsmounted on each side of the main frame and having a rotatable tine framedisposed transversely thereof, and having a clutch mechanism disposed ateach side of the main frame and divided into two parts, one half ofwhich is driven by the ground wheel 1 associated therewith and the otherhalf of which is mounted on the tine frame, the improvement comprisingmeans normally tending to hold the clutching mechanism in clutchingposition to cause rotation of the tine frame, oscillatable meanscontrolled by an operator for movement into and out of the path of theclutching mechanism carried by the tine frame to de-clutch the tineframe from the main frame and locking means carried by the portion ofthe clutch on each end of the tine frame for engaging opposite sides ofthe movable means for locking the tine frame against rotation in eitherdirection while it is held in de-clutched position relative to thatportion of the clutch driven by the ground wheels, and a second manuallyoperable oscillatable means movable into the path of the clutching meanscarried by the tine frame for also de-clut'ching the portion of theclutching means carried by the tine frame from that por- 12 tion drivenby the ground wheel, and said second oscillatable means being engageableby the pair of means carried by the clutching mechanism on the tineframe for engaging both the upper and lower sides of the second movablemeans for holding the tines in elevated position and preventing rotationof the tine frame in either direction for transport purposes.

NOAH H. GODLEY.

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